Samuel Adams Longshot Strawberry Lager

Longshot Strawberry Lager

 

Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Fruit Beer Series Out of Production
Score
6.08
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 28
The first of this year’s winners, Dave Anderson, works in the packaging department at Sam Adams. His submission, a Strawberry Lager, is described as “a bright and fresh wheat beer, with a strong strawberry character balanced with toffee and citrus notes – the brewer’s vision of the perfect summertime beer to enjoy after a round of golf on a hot day. Brewed with fresh strawberries, this beer pours a bright golden color and imparts a malty sweetness with hints of lemon and earthiness. Strawberry Lager finishes with a wonderful intensive strawberry flavor without being overwhelming and leaves a lingering creamy sweetness on the palate.”
 

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2.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1

Bottle courtesy of argo0, thanks! Hazy pale yellow color, white head. Aroma of strawberry juicyfruit. Taste is bitter fruit. Bad combo.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2014 at 11:05


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Golden with a white head - The aroma is of Strawberries - Taste is olso of Strawberries up front and there is olso some malts in the back - Finsih is a lingering strawberry flavour with some sweetness to it - This was ok

Tried on 18 Nov 2013 at 13:25


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle: Pours slightly hazed gold, with a tall, off-white head. Aroma is natural strawberry (complete with shortcake) Taste is more of the shortcake, lesser strawberry.... bread, wheat, candy. Initially, very good....but finishes a little grainy and grassy.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2013 at 16:11


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

A clear gold body pours from the bottle and quickly sets up a tall white head. fragrant strawberry aroma. Apart from a slight sweetness, there isn’t much flavor of any kind here, much less the strawberry that i was expecting. Light refreshing lawnmower beer.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2013 at 13:33


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, best before 8/2013. Pours very cloudy golden amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of big ripe strawberries, pear, light bread, light honey, and light floral hops. Very nice aromas with big strawberry presence; and good strength. Taste of lightly tart strawberries, pear, cracker, bread, floral, light honey, grass, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of strawberry, pear, cracker, bread, floral, grass, light honey, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a bit. Nice flavor balance of strawberry, malt, hop, and yeast esters; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth and moderately crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very good fruited lager style. Very nice balance of flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2013 at 16:38


2.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

12oz bottle pours a clear gold with some thin, white head. Nose like strawberry toothpaste, sickly sweet. Scary flavor, gross, strawberry shampoo, creamcicle. Gross finish.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2013 at 08:37


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared by argo. Poured a pale golden color, medium sized white head. Aroma is strawberry, candy, jolly rancher notes. Flavor was strawberries, light malts. Not great, but light and refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2013 at 17:57


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

12 ounce bottle. Cloudy pale gold color topped by a large foamy white head. Big strawberry nose with a touch of lemony wheat. First sip is light and refreshing with more strawberry and citrus. Light body with very little hop presence. Tastes a lot like strawberry shortcake. Enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2013 at 21:05


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark gold with a foamy white head. Aroma is quite strawberry - just a wee bit cooked, but fairly close to fresh. Med body. Flavor is strawberry, but it’s a lot more cooked than fresh. Pretty good job of getting clear strawberry flavor in a beer. Maybe a wee bit of breadiness in the finish. Guess it was always there.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2013 at 16:36


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Crisp copper and orange coloured body with a thick, four centimetre tall thick white head with a nice orange glow. Aroma of pure strawberries, sugar, wheat, malt, raspberries and more icing sugar - amazing smell. Medium-bodied; Assertive strawberry flavour at first coupled with the strong malty taste and a hint of alcohol and wheat notes. Medium-bodied; Very nice and super pungent strawberry flavour - straight from a farm, amazingly sweet and flavourful. Aftertaste shows a good malt backbone, some hints of alcohol, sugars, grass and a bit of artificial strawberry notes. Overall, a very nice and strong beer with super pungent strawberry flavours, but they all work well and show off extremely nice relative to the style and depth of the beer. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Wegman’s in Sterling, Virginia on 03-May-2013 for US$1.67 sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 14-June-2013.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2013 at 09:09